Linear thermal expansivity polymeric systems

Closed-form expressions based on composite theory are especially useful in correlating and predicting the thermoelastic properties (moduli and coefficients of linear thermal expansion) of multiphase materials [1,2]. An article by Tucker et al [3] with emphasis on the internally consistent combination of a set of judiciously chosen techniques to predict the thermoelastic properties of a wide variety of multiphase polymeric systems, and the review articles by Ahmed and Jones [4] and by Chow [5], provide concise descriptions of micromechanical models and are recommended to readers interested in relatively brief discussions of several popular models. 

The numerous values of linear thermal expansivity reported for many polymeric systems probably reflect both ease of measurement and relative... 

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